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Fabulous news ! India has been granted a permanent seat in the security council of the league of nations where in summers people die of heatstroke, of cold in winters and also manage to die coz of excessive rains.
Seasonal deaths are not a strange occurance in India, to think of it what is (strange).People here die of various reasons - hunger, poverty and even affluence.But thats not what is leaving me perplexed.
I cannot think of an antonym for the word "developing" and i'd like to believe that i'll be able to come up with a word before desperation directs me to rogets.
We regularly identify ours as a developing nation.The numbers of the poor, illiterate and the homeless have all increased since 1950 and i don't think that qualifies as developing.Infact its quite the opposite.
In our seemingly continual pursuit of vanity these days the governmanet is busy lobbying for a permanent seat of the UN security council, even without the veto.We are still the same country where half of the people don't have direct access to clean drinking water.
There are a whole lot more people in this country who need clean water, basic sanitation and two square meals per day than those who want a UNSC seat and cheaper imported super luxury cars.
In fifty years the number of children who dream of getting a good education is more than those who do and even today we spend more on heavy industries and making guns than n primary education.50 years of poverty has still not managed to change government perspectives and financial outlays.Till about 10 years it wasn't even possible to start a school with a loan based on capital deficit.Of course banks would pour money on you if you wanted to make springs.
We are celebrating the end of the WW2, of the allied landing at Normandie - the single most planned strategic mission to kill people and of the nuclear attacks.Thats when the other war began, we realised our ambitions and dreams as countries and not as the world.De-globalization.
The allies were a sign of Globalization, raw material flew in from all possible countries , India included.Infact Indian beryl was used in the atomic bomb to start the flow of uranium neutrons to produce nuclear fission. The rare earths in the sands of Kerala went into making titanium, used on American navy vessels. By one account, India provided $640 million worth of material (in 1945 prices). The world was fighting against a common enemy.
Nations were classified into the two power blocks and leaders decided that separation was necessary for individual development and world domination.We decided to exist as countries and not as people.
Change is continual and with GATT in 1993 the world was once again opening up to globalisation.Business leaders realised that survival meant expansion.After polluting and exploiting your country you have to go to other countries and do the same.Thats not as bad as i morbidly made is sound.Political leaders were convinced that prosperity meant growing economies and that meant globalization.
Thomas Friedman famously said that no two countries with McDonalds can ever go to war with each other.Afghanistan and Iraq didn't and Iran doesn't have any Mc's.Today along with economic depressions we are also fighting terrorism.Globalization is the answer to terrorism, open up economies , create employment and make sure all the kids play football.The world is fighting a common enemy.
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